China Techfaith Wireless Communication Technology Ltd. (China Techfaith) provide complete design services spanning the entire handset design cycle, which involves industrial design, mechanical design, software design, hardware design, component selection and sourcing, prototype testing, pilot production and production support. The Company designs global system for mobile communications (GSM)-based mobile handsets using major baseband technology platforms, such as those developed by Philips AG, Texas Instruments, Inc. and Skyworks Solutions, Inc. China Techfaith have begun developing mobile handsets for use on wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) and code division multiple access (CDMA) networks through cooperation with Wuhan NEC Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. and QUALCOMM Inc. The Company begun to develop smart phones, which provide significant data capabilities in addition to the normal functions of a mobile handset. Its customers include Chinese mobile handset brand owners, such as Ningbo Bird Co., Ltd., Haier Group, Shenzhen Konka Telecommunications Technology Co., Ltd. and Legend Mobile Communication Technology Ltd., or Lenovo, and international mobile handset brand owners, such as Alcatel SA, Kyocera Corp., Mitsubishi Corp., NEC and UTStarcom, Inc.
Mobile Handset Design Services
The Company provides three types of mobile handset design services to its customers: Mobile Handset Design Services Based on Existing Platforms, the Company designs a new model of mobile handset based on its existing design platform; Successor Model Design Services, it designs a successor model of an existing customer's mobile handset previously designed by the Company to incorporate additional functions and/or industrial design, and Mobile Handset Design Services Based on New Platforms, the Company designs a new model of mobile handset based on a new design platform specified by the customer. All three types of design services cover all aspects of the design process, including industrial design, mechanical design, software design, hardware design, sourcing of hardware components and software, testing, quality assurance, assisting its customers in obtaining requisite certifications, setting up pilot production lines and production support. As of December 31, 2004, the Company had completed 58 new handset designs with different features and/or based on different baseband platforms.
Other Products
The Company's other products include wireless modules, printed circuit boards (PCBs) and other electronic components. China Techfaith begun to develop wireless solutions leveraging its knowledge and experience in designing mobile handsets. The Company's wireless product lines include wireless modules and personal computer (PC) cards for wireless connections. Wireless modules are devices that enable data communication through a cellular network to be used in various applications, such as global positioning systems, logistics management, wireless point-of-sale systems, traffic navigation systems and wireless security systems. The Company's wireless modules consist of baseband and radio frequency (RF), the two important hardware building blocks of a generic mobile handset, which represent a natural extension of its handset design business.
$15.2 (05/04/06)
